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Learn Swedish with videos · A2–B1 · 4 min

Learn Swedish with “Svenska språket - Tankar och tips 14 -Lyssnarvänligt uttal”

A video by Svenska med Kalle, with the words to know first and an honest look at how hard it is.

“Hej hej Idag vill jag prata lite om frågan varför ska man träna uttal Varför ska man lära…” is the opening line. Video © Svenska med Kalle, embedded from YouTube.

How hard is it?

82% of the words spoken in this video are among the 1,000 most common in Swedish, 87% among the 2,000 most common and 90% among the 5,000 most common. That puts the vocabulary at roughly A2–B1.

This measures words only; speed, accents and background noise matter too. Not sure of your own level? Take the free level test.

Words to know before you watch

The words from the video most worth learning, most frequent first. Each one links to its full entry.

viktig
important, stuck-up
svenska
Swedish, Swede
lära
teach
ljud
sound
träna
practise, train
bok
beech, book
lyssna
listen
väldigt
enormously, very
därför
so, for that reason
ord
word
lätt
light, gentle
trevligt
nicely, pleasantly
någonting
something, anything
både
both
korta
to shorten
länk
link
snart
soon; shortly, before long
använda
employ, use
först
first, at first
del
part
hoppas
hope
fall
fall, (water)fall
lägga
put, place
idag
today, today (on the current day)

How to study with it

  1. Read the word list below first and say each word out loud once.
  2. Watch with Swedish subtitles on (the CC button), not English ones. Pause whenever a whole sentence goes past you.
  3. Watch a second time without subtitles. You will be surprised how much more you catch.
  4. Pick three sentences you understood and say them back, copying the rhythm.

In Lingolib, Watch opens any Swedish YouTube video with a transcript that follows along: tap a word to see what it means and save it for practice.

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